r/ImpracticalJokers

and this was the second smallest of what our group caught!

Besides the Joe's "shocked face" 😲

This punishment has always bothered me because in my opinion it crossed a line. The show is supposed to be about friends who "compete to embarrass each other". Not other people. The butt of the joke is always one of the jokers. Do bystanders sometimes get embarrassed as collateral victims? Sure but that's usually never the intention. It happens in the flow and even then it's a momentary thing and it passes.

Even though this punishment is supposed to be for Sal because he's a nice guy and you're making him act like a d!ck to random people, you're still intentionally being a d!ck to random people. Let's say you go up to them later and tell them about the show. What would you even say? "Hey, we're sorry. This was supposed to be a joke and the butt of the joke is the guy who was rude to you earlier because he's usually nice and it's hard for him to be rude."

Imagine hearing this explanation from the perspective of the victim who doesn't know who Sal is or what this show is. It won't make any sense and this revelation won't make them feel any better. They'd still be hurt at the end of the day- and not just because of something that happened in the flow of challenges, jokes etc. No the plan was all along to be rude to these people and hurt them.

Sal was horrified when the actress cried because that's a reasonable reaction that an average person might give to this little stunt. Before anyone obviously points out to me that she was an actress, I'd like to remind you that there were other real victims, one of whom was a sweet old lady.

As far as I remember, I've never ever seen them plan a challenge or punishment where random public may get intentionally hurt- emotionally or physically.

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Isn't this exactly what Sal says to Murr before the shark punishment?

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Just wondering if any winners have been contacted

I absolutely like SAL doing these expressions.